A/N: Okay here is a Christmas one since it's the season. I cannot believe I'm starting yet another fic, but tiss the season. Enjoy!
Sika Anoa'i is known as the Teflon Don in the south and nothing scares him or brings him to his nears. He is as tough as nails and has groomed his three sons to be apart of his organization. His oldest Matthew Thomas Anoa'i, his middle John Felix Anthony Cena Anoa'i, and his youngest Leati Joseph Anoa'i.
But that holiday season he found his weakeness that would bring him to his knees. The possibilty of his second wife Rebecca Curci-Anoa'i, who was previously Rebecca Curci-Hickenbottom before her late husband died in a car accident leaving her and their twenty year old daughter Leanne.
A year after the accident Sika and Rebecca met when she had broken down on the side of the road. He gave her a ride to a garage to get a tow truck in his SUV that also sold classic cars. Cenation Classics and Repair was the name of it.
They went out somewhere to get a drink while they were waiting for the car and they hit it off and the rest they say was history. They married within six months. Leanne wasn't happy at all because she felt her mom was forgetting about her dad.
She never came around and it was a miracle that she was at her mom's wedding. She came around some but it all changed after she graduated with a degree in Fashion Merchindise from the University of Texas and then got a job at Texas Star Magizine, and met a man who worked for her boss's husband. A director FEEB in the Texas office. Colby Lopez. Simply put she met a pig and stayed away since her stepfather and boyfriend, now fiance's choices in employment contradicted one another.
Sika was broken out of his thoughts when his wife came in with a piece of paper. This was the moment of truth. The one thing that could and would bring him to his knees.
"It's acute breast cancer. Not even a mesectamy will work. I have six months with chemo and six weeks to two months without. I'm taking the chemo. Also I need to call Leanne. This is going to be my last Christmas so I want her here in Tampa. I know that she hasn't come around because not only because of your and Colby's conflicting choices in employment, it goes deeper. She is still missing her dad and she believes you took me away from him." said Rebecca.
The news sent him to his knees. He was losing his second wife, the love of his life and no amount of money could stop it from happening. He put his head in his hands and cried while Rebecca cried with him.
Twenty seven year old Leanne Hickenbottom pulled her Chevy Tahoe into the parkinglot of the Texas Star Magazine headquarters with a screech. Once again she was running late. Damn San Antonio traffic.
Racing inside she hoped that she made it before Stephanie. When she walked in Pam was manning her desk for her. She was a willing worker lower on the totum pole that would do anything that was asked and she had such a sweet temperment it wasn't hard not to like her.
"Has Stephanie shown up yet?" asked Leanne.
"Not yet." said Pam as she ran to her desk the best she could in high heels. She would joke to Colby that sometimes Stephanie was like Miranda in The Devil Wears Prada. Though Stephanie wasn't nearly that bad. She would end up shooting herself if she was.
"So did you get your Christmas shopping done yet?" asked Pam.
"Most of it via the internet. Though I still need to get Colby something." said Leanne.
"So what are you doing for Christmas?" asked Pam.
Leanne smiled. As much as the woman seemed nosy, she considered Pam a sweetheart so she answered. "I'm going to Buffalo Iowa with Colby to spend Christmas with his parents and family." she said.
"What's your family doing?" Pam asked.
"I don't know what mom's doing." said Leanne.
"What about your dad?" asked Pam.
Leanne sighed. "Dad was killed in a car accident when some drunk driving an eighteen wheeler ran him off the road. It was seven years ago and I am pissed that mom chose to get into another relationship and remarry so quickly. Now my stepfather and fiance's careers don't mesh well together. So I haven't been to my mom's in years and I'm going to Iowa for the holidays." she said as she looked at her email
"I think you should let things go after seven years. Listen even though you disagree with her life she is still your mom. Call her and maybe meet her for lunch or something. Listen I had a rainbown baby three months ago and it hurt me alot. I know this is different, but my point is a mother's love never dies." said Pam. She was about to say something else when Leanne's cell rang. No one called her during working hours unless it was an emergency.
Everyone around them knew that. Looking at the calling id she saw that it was her mom.
"Hello."
"Sweetheart please come for Christmas. Please." Rebecca begged as she sent the results to her daughter. Leanne fell backwards. This wasn't possible but there it was in black and white.
"You have breast cancer? ACUTE!" she exclamed. She felt like she was hit in the face. Her only living parent dropped a major bomb on her at work of all places.
"I'm not doing chemo and radiation. I'm just letting it run it's course. I think that maybe it's time to go back to your father." said Rebecca.
"I still need you! I'm sorry I haven't been around for the past few years, but you know my reasons and now they don't even matter. Listen I'll take time off of work and be there for you every step of the way and maybe I can find a cure here in San Antonio for you." said Leanne.
"I want to do this the natural way and let nature take it's course. All I want is to have my daughter, my husband, and my step children with me. Please come home. Technically you are home since you have never left the city you were born in, but I want you to come home to me for this time." Rebecca begged.
"Can I call you back? I have a meeting." said Leanne hanging up the phone before composing herself not realizing she left an email on the computer that was from her mom explaining her decisions and that she wanted Leanne to come home.
She walked into the meeting room ready to take charge since she was Stephanie's assistant. "Okay why isn't anyone ready yet? You know how Stephanie Levesque is!" Leanne snapped at Mike Mizanon who was Stephanie's executive, Mike's wife Maryse who was one of the models, Natalie Eva Marie Coyle another model, Tenille Dashwood another model, Kelly Blank, Becky Quinn, Danielle Moniete, and Saraya Bevis.
"We have five minutes so you need to calm it down!" Mike siad a little pissed at the way Leanne spoke to his pregnant wife. She still modeled since she loved it and it was non strenuious.
"I will not get in trouble by Steph because of everyone else's shit1" Leanne snapped.
"Lee?" Pam said as she walked in.
"WHAT! TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT PAM!" Leanne exploded reducing the assistant to tears.
"Really?" Mike commented as everyone else just kept their mouths shut.
"Leanne come to my office please. Everyone else be ready in twenty." said Stephanie as she grabbed her assistant by the arm. Everyone knew that she wasn't usually like this, especially the boss. Taking her to her desk and setting her down in front o the email Stephanie asked, "Is this why you are blowing up at everyone?"
"I pushed mom away years ago when she remarried. To a Mafia Don. That was half of the reason and the other half was she got together with someone too soon after I lost dad. Then when I met an FBI agent I stayed away because of conflicting career moves and well I was still bitter about her marrying soo soon after dad. Now she has six weeks to two months left because she wont' do treatment. She wants to do it the natural way and even if she did it would only be six months. I'm just beside myself so I lost it. I'm sorry for being unprofessional." said Leanne.
"Sweetie take time off. You can work from your mom's if her house has WiFi and i'm sure it does, or email from the local library. Oh as far as Colby, I don't want you to get mad at me, but I don't think he is the right one for you." said Stephanie.
"I think he might be cheating, but i have no proof." said Leanne.
"Take this time. Go be with your mom and take a break from Colby and if it's meant to be you will work it out and if he is a cheating scumbag your'll find that out too. Just take time for you and your mom." said Stephanie.
"Looks like Florida here I come." said Leanne.
A/N: Something different for the holidays. Hope you enjoy!